Policy decisions for a Climate Change Response Amendment Bill

Release 04 June 2026

• Supplementary Analysis Report: NZ ETS settings Review Frequency (PDF, 700KB)

Release 4 November 2025

• Policy decisions for a Climate Change Response Amendment Bill package one release (PDF, 6.1MB)
  • Cabinet Economic Policy Committee minute (ECO-25-MIN-0151) – 17 September 2025
  • Cabinet minute of decision (CAB-25-MIN-0324) – 22 September 2025
  • Cabinet paper – Policy decisions for a Climate Change Response Amendment Bill – 22 September 2025
    • Appendix 1 – Proposed changes to the CCRA to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of climate policy
    • Appendix 2 – Industrial allocation proposals
    • Appendix 3a – Assessment Framework for Carbon Removals
    • Appendix 3b – (Draft document) Assessment Framework for Carbon Removals
    • Appendix 4 – Proposed changes to the CCRA to improve the effectiveness of the NZ ETS
    • Appendix 5 – Regulatory Impact Statement: Proposal to remove NDC accordance requirement for NZ ETS settings
    • Appendix 6 – Regulatory Impact Statement: Reducing investment uncertainty and disincentives to decarbonise created by industrial allocation 
    • Appendix 7 – Regulatory Impact Statement: Improvements to the administration of the Emissions Trading Scheme through amendments to the Climate Change Response Act 2002
    • Appendix 8 – Regulatory Impact Statement: Adjusting the penalty calculation for incorrect emissions returns through adjustments to the Climate Change Response Act 2002
    • Appendix 9 – Importing CO₂ as new Mandatory Activity in the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme 
    • Appendix 10 – Overview of the Carbon Neutral Government Programme
    • Appendix 11 – Findings of Climate Implications of Policy Assessment (CIPA) review
• Briefing paper (BRF-6903) – Final policy advice on biennial ETS settings – 9 October 2025.